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Billy Gibbons

A compact RJM-controlled loop gave Gibbons octave fuzz, graphic EQ, analog delay and a lower-octave voice before his parallel Marshall and Magnatone amplification.

Board
European tour four-effect loop
Context
Frankenhalle, Nuremberg
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 2 cited sources
Order
Reconstructed
Scope
Touring-period rig
Routing
Switchable effects loops
Audited
Signal
4 units · Guitar to amplifier

Signal path / A

European tour four-effect loop

Tech-identified rack - order reconstructed

InputGuitar
OutputAmplifier

Documented equipment · Reconstructed order · Switchable effects loops

Longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis identifies the four effects installed in the photographed RJM loop and describes the signal continuing to multiple amplifier paths. The article lists the loop contents but does not number their connections, so this display uses a conventional fuzz, octave, EQ and delay sequence and marks it reconstructed. The wireless receiver, RJM switcher, guitar-matching MEQ processor, MIDI controller and duplicated backup rack are omitted. Premier Guitar's independent 2015 tech-guided rundown corroborates Francis' role and the architecture of Gibbons' touring system, but is not used to claim the later pedal inventory.

Cited sources

  1. Gitarre & BassZZ-Top-Tech Elwood Francis
  2. Premier GuitarRig Rundown: ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill [2015]